Kiwi toddler calls 'Fireman Sam' as smoke billows

When two-year-old Hirini Whakamoe saw smoke billowing from a cafe near his grandmother's apartment, he dialled his favourite fireman.

The toddler was watching his favourite children's show, Fireman Sam, at Christine Kershaw's waterfront apartment in Wellington when the pair spotted the smoke coming from Beach Babylon on Oriental Parade.

"As soon as I told him there was a fire, he raced to the phone and "called" Fireman Sam.